Shaul (שאול) means borrowed in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׁאוּל
shaul
adjective
In English
borrowed
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shaul.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שנלקח מבעליו בהסכמה, על־מנת להשיבו לאחר זמן.
וְגַם אָנֹכִי הִשְׁאִלְתִּהוּ לַיהוָה כָּל-הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר הָיָה הוּא שָׁאוּל לַיהוָה וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ שָׁם לַיהוָה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shaul is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁאוּל
- Written without vowel points
- שאול
- Said
- shaul
- Root
- ש־א־ל
- Pattern
- קָטוּל
- Plural
- שְׁאוּלִים
- Feminine form
- שְׁאוּלָה
- Inflections
- נ' שְׁאוּלָה, ר' שְׁאוּלִים, נ"ר שְׁאוּלוֹת
- Gematria
- 337
This is how Shaul is said in other languages.
- English
- borrowed
These words rhyme with Shaul.
The word Shaul is part of these phrases and sayings.
- זמן שאול
- מילה שאולה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shaul comes from the root ש־א־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Shaul in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shaul.
What does Shaul (שאול) mean in Hebrew?
Shaul (שאול) means borrowed. It is said shaul, with the stress on ul.
What rhymes with Shaul (שאול)?
Words that rhyme with Shaul (שאול) include טיפול, בישול, מסלול, גבול, עיגול, and גידול.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שאול of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.